Talk:Liberal Party of South Africa

Patrick Duncan Jnr

Is there a record that Patrick Duncan Jnr is or was an anti-apartheid activist? His assertions cannot be verified. A reference is made to Patrick Duncan Jnr, and an assertion made linking him with the paper Contact. No page exists, and no citation for this assertion is made. Claim needs some sort of assertion, or bio on Patrick Duncan Jnr.

--B Sutcliffe (talk) 08:38, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Patrick Duncan (anti-apartheid activist) is not usually referred to as Patrick Duncan Jnr. See C.J. Driver: Patrick Duncan: South African and Pan-African. He in fact edited and owned Contact See e.g. Driver p. xii. Joel Mc (talk) 15:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit History

I've edited and expanded this article, based largely from The Long View by Alan Paton. I will present more on it once I have obtained more material and got together my collection of stuff. Unfortunately for the moment I will rely heavily on Paton's writings, which is not entirely satisfactory from a presenting the big picture approach, but would like to obtain other material. (I have access to one biography of Patrick Duncan Jnr, that I will refer to once I dig it out of the Cory Library again)

I have added a couple of external links and Randoph Vigne's book. SteveH 04:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I added a link to an article I have just started on H. Selby Msimang SteveH (talk) 04:09, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Abraham (Abe) Goldberg paragraph

I removed a paragraph on Abraham Goldberg from the Notes section, where it didn't seem to belong. I am not familiar with Mr. Goldberg, but if someone with knowledge of the topic feels he merits inclusion in the article, here is the paragraph in question:

Abraham (Abe) Goldberg was involved with the Liberal Party from inception together with Alan Paton, both living in or near Durban. He practiced law in Durban until his death in the 1950s as an advocate representing all peoples who experienced human rights abuse by the Nationalist Government. He had a particular affiliation with the Indian community, having been born in India. After he died his wife Eilleen left South Africa for Canada as their only son Michael together with his wife and their child had emigrated there some years earlier. Tigercompanion25 (talk) 22:59, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Having said this, the above paragraph represents the sole edit of the contributor who added it to the article. So, although I want to assume good faith, I suspect it's a vanity/agenda thing, so maybe just disregard it. Tigercompanion25 (talk) 23:03, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Allow me to correct you. It is not Mr Goldberg but Advocate Goldberg QC. He is my uncle from a string of children, he being from the older generation and my father the younger. Abe was the second oldest child, the first being Mike a general surgeon born in what was then Palestine and now Israel with Abe being born in India, hence his practice was heavily slanted towards the Indian community.

I met Alan Paton once on something other than politics and being Age's nephew received a warm welcome and a lecture on how he and my uncle were founding members of the Liberal Party. Years later I met an attorney in Durban who, when discovering who my uncle was was ecstatic. This attorney's practice consisted of mainly Black clients. This attorney, it appears was banned and if my uncle and my mother hadn't passed away when they did would also have been banned. My mother was a founding member of the Federal Party and for which I have no idea what it stood. I was about 9 when my mother passed away.

I do not share their political persuasions.

It is correct that Michael, Professor Goldberg to you did go to Canada with his wife, who was Afrikaans, converted to Judaism and came from Bloemfontein and whose father worked in a machine shop on the railways and their then only child, a baby at the time. There were more children to follow.

Michael when in Durban worked, I think as a reporter for the Daily News and yes, my aunt, who gave us birthday presents on her birthday as there were too many of us to remember and hence we nieces ans nephews all knew her birthday, did go to Canada after Abe (Advocate Goldberg QC to you) died. Michael (Professor Goldberg to you) was an only child and when he went to Canada joined the university in British Columbia eventually becoming a professor.

I want to do my doctorate and was planning to do it through the University of Cape Town as it is purported to be the best university in South Africa. This would be achieving a goal of mine, in retirement but after seeing UTC behind your name, I'm now not so sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.224.15.47 (talk) 12:56, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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